Kid-Pitch Games

We are beginning our kid-pitch games this Saturday, May 5.

At Broadmeadow we will have representatives from the Ironbirds, Muckdogs, and Mets take on representatives from the Bees, Riverdogs, and Grasshoppers. Steve Van Dam of the Mets will manage the team made up of the Ironbirds, Muckdogs, and Mets. Rob Kirschner and Keith Wilson of the Bees will manage the Bees, Riverdogs, and Grasshoppers. First pitch will be at 5:00.

Across town, at the same time, Dwight Field will play host to a combined Storm, Blue Claws, and Lugnuts squad, managed by Peter Brassard of the Lugnuts, who will face a team drawing from the Scrappers, Sand Gnats, and Timber Rattlers, managed by Dan Schwartz of the Timber Rattlers.

Please email the designated kid-pitch manager with names of the 3-4 players that your team will send, indicating who is ready to pitch, along with the name of the assistant that your team will provide.

And, if you haven't already, please sign up to manage one of the these games. Click here for the spreadsheet.

Some important guidelines for these games:

• Games will be four innings at the start of the season, with the option to play six at the end of the season.
• The games will be played with umpires calling balls and strikes and outs on the base paths.
• Nine batter Rule (Double-A rules) will be in effect for these games.
• Players will be on a 2-inning pitch limit.
• Games will be played like “real” baseball games except for stealing (Double-A rules).
• Everyone bats in lineup (continuous batting order so free substitution) but only nine players in the field.
• Same as regular Single-A games – no player should play the same position twice in a game except if the pitcher goes two innings. Catchers can also play two innings.
• Once a pitcher is removed from the game, they cannot pitch the remainder of that game even if they stay in the game in the field (Little League rule)